Super Swede ... Lars Strom

[TBuck2003]

Lars great stuff on the three cylinder OMC's, and European racing in general. I used to race SE in the States, and get a real kick from seeing all of your old photos. The early Mod 50's could use the cowling from the Stingers/Hustlers because there was room for the angle cut 8 petal front half in the pan. The later straight cut 10 petal front half could not fit under that pan cowl combo because of the pan angling up at the front.Recently bought/restored a 1976 Evinrude "S" model for my boy to put on a 13ft. vee bottom. It was originally built for SE boats with that model year coming with the factory power trim to mount in the wet well of a SE Tunnel. I will try to attach some photos...Thanks for all the good info.

[Lars Strom]

Hi Todd and Thank you..

I think the 1976...75hp short shaft was the best standard engine of them all..

Well..all the OMC 3 cylinders where great engines..including the OE/F-3/Mod 50..

I can see your factory powertrim at the picture..yellow arrow..

Next picure show the modified front half in the pan on my F-3 powerhead .
Picture from the pit Paris 6 hour race
Red arrow..

Please post some more picture..


Lars

[TBuck2003]

Lars was that to fit the Straight Cut 10 petal set up front half ??? I believe that would be the only way to make that work. The shift shaft mechanism cleared underneath powerhead??? Thanks for the pic.Here is a better pic of the set up. Because of the hole thru transom, we welded "Ears" on the side of bracket to brace transom. A lot of custom work to get this to fit in a splash well of a Vee, was definitely intended for the SE Boats!!!





The two holes in bottom of bracket now are the drain for splashwell...

[Lars Strom]

Hi again Todd,

The F-3/OE/Mod 50 engine on the picture uses the FT-19S powerhead.
On the next generation F-3/OE powerhead with straight intake manifold..front half of the block used a modified lower pan as the picture from Paris 6 hours show.
A much better block with pressed in sleeves..

Remember a F-3/OE/Mod 50 don't use a shift shaft..

[TBuck2003]

Lars how much better was the straight front half versus the angle if I may ask??? I get the difference now with the later model Mod 50's and the cowl pan variance. My favorite motor of all time HANDS DOWN!!! Thanks for the info...

Todd

[Lars Strom]

Todd,


Well..there was FT-19S powerheads with both straight half and angle..for the racing mid/section but you could not tell any difference in speed..

It was the new block with the pressed in special steel sleeves..better porting that made a big horse power increase..and they all had the angle half.

If I remember right Willy Perman tested them in secret for Paul Kalb late 1976..
I used that type of powerhead in OE for the first time 1979..

That powerhead was never homologated for SE..
but the FT-19S was..as you know.

Lars

[Lars Strom]

Todd,

Here is the Evinrude F-3 engine we used in the late eighty's.
A completely different powerhead..
The photo is from 1990..and my friend Christer Melin works
on the engine for The Champs Boat Racing Team..
(Me and my brother Lennarts Team..)
You can also see the OMC support truck..

Boat..Burgess/Remonten/Evinrude F-3

[Lars Strom]

A few more pictures from 1977..and my Molinari-Volvo Penta/Konig
F-3/OE boat..

A friend of mine found them in the Swedish Power Boat Federations
basement.

[Lars Strom]

My SE Clerici-Evinrude boat 1974.
Not sure where this picture is taken..but somewhere in Sweden the same year.

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Good pics Lars. Glad your friend found them. In the first one on the inside is a guy on an Evinrude powered boat concentrating on you while you seemed intense on the lane straight ahead. What was he trying to pick up? Looks like he was trying to read you and anticipate a move you might make coming up quickly. Do you remember?